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Though persistently overshadowed by the Great War in historical
memory, the two Balkan conflicts of 1912-1913 were among the most
consequential of the early twentieth century. By pitting the states
of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro against a diminished
Ottoman Empire-and subsequently against one another-they
anticipated many of the horrors of twentieth-century warfare even
as they produced the tense regional politics that helped spark
World War I. Bringing together an international group of scholars,
this volume applies the social and cultural insights of the "new
military history" to revisit this critical episode with a central
focus on the experiences of both combatants and civilians during
wartime.
Though persistently overshadowed by the Great War in historical
memory, the two Balkan conflicts of 1912-1913 were among the most
consequential of the early twentieth century. By pitting the states
of Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro against a diminished
Ottoman Empire-and subsequently against one another-they
anticipated many of the horrors of twentieth-century warfare even
as they produced the tense regional politics that helped spark
World War I. Bringing together an international group of scholars,
this volume applies the social and cultural insights of the "new
military history" to revisit this critical episode with a central
focus on the experiences of both combatants and civilians during
wartime.
This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In
Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars of 1912/13 had greater
importance than the First World War for the construction of nations
and states. This volume shows how these "short" wars profoundly
changed the sociopolitical situation in the Balkans, with
consequences that are still felt today. More than one hundred years
later, the successors of the belligerent states in Southeastern
Europe memorialize the wars as heroic highlights of their
respective pasts. Furthermore, the metaphor that the Balkans were
Europe's "powder keg", perpetuated at the beginning of the
twentieth century in the face of these wars, was reactivated in
both the West and the East up through the Yugoslav wars of the
1990s. The authors entangle the hitherto exclusive national master
narratives and analyse them cogently and trenchantly for an
international readership. They make an indispensable contribution
to the proper integration of the Balkan Wars into the European
historical memory of twentieth-century warfare.
This book explores the historial role of the Balkan Wars. In
Eastern Europe, the two Balkan Wars of 1912/13 had greater
importance than the First World War for the construction of nations
and states. This volume shows how these "short" wars profoundly
changed the sociopolitical situation in the Balkans, with
consequences that are still felt today. More than one hundred years
later, the successors of the belligerent states in Southeastern
Europe memorialize the wars as heroic highlights of their
respective pasts. Furthermore, the metaphor that the Balkans were
Europe's "powder keg", perpetuated at the beginning of the
twentieth century in the face of these wars, was reactivated in
both the West and the East up through the Yugoslav wars of the
1990s. The authors entangle the hitherto exclusive national master
narratives and analyse them cogently and trenchantly for an
international readership. They make an indispensable contribution
to the proper integration of the Balkan Wars into the European
historical memory of twentieth-century warfare.
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